"I confirm that I will be advising my supporters to give their second preference vote to the only other unionist candidate standing in the constituency." UUP veteran Danny Kennedy, one of many party colleagues who refused to follow their leader's lead.

"The lothario of Northern Ireland politics." - Alliance leader Naomi Long claiming the UUP had a long history of courting other parties.

"If you vote for Mike, you will get Michelle, that's the reality." Mrs Foster claiming the UUP strategy would only benefit Sinn Fein northern leader Michelle O'Neill.

"People voted for you the last time and they got Martin McGuinness, and he wrote your resignation letter." Mr Nesbitt's comeback, noting how Mr McGuinness's resignation forced Mrs Foster from her job as first minister.

"Everybody has a right to remember their dead no matter who you are or what your political perspective is." Mrs O'Neill addressing a controversy around her attendance at a commemoration for four IRA men.

Michelle O'Neill addresses a crowd at Clonoe Church in Coalisland

"We were delighted we were able to raise that amount of money." DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson after revealing that a little-known business group called the Constitutional Research Council bankrolled the party's £425,000 pro-Brexit campaign in the EU referendum.

The pro-Brexit ad that appeared in the Metro newspaper

"I've man flu." Mrs Foster at the DUP manifesto launch, where she cited ill health as the reason for not fielding media questions.

"There can be no return to the status quo." Mrs O'Neill's oft-repeated warning that change is needed before Sinn Fein returns to Stormont Castle.

"I wouldn't care what sort of situation I face as long as I'm out of Europe." DUP man Nelson McCausland in a debate on the potential impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland.

"Devolution belongs to the people - it should not be removed because some parties are not capable of the challenge and the compromise of being in government." Colum Eastwood, making the case for a clear out at Stormont Castle.